Massive wildfires scorching California

27/07/2018

Lauren sprung into action checking on numerous homes, offering some good news to many viewers who were able to see their homes for the first time since being evacuated on Wednesday. Late Thursday, the city said its electric utility would be shutting down power to most of north Redding at the request of fire authorities "and to maintain system stability due to multiple line outages".

Three firefighters and an unknown number of civilians had burns, but the extent of their injuries wasn't immediately known, McLean said. Brandon N. McGlover, 32, of Temecula was booked on suspicion of five counts of arson, state fire officials said.

The weather is calm Thursday morning in the San Jacinto Mountains where the fire broke out but forecasters say temperatures will remain above normal in the 90s to 100 with low relative humidity and that there could be gusty afternoon and evening winds. The fire was earlier estimated to have claimed almost 30,000 acres and was about 6 percent contained, but authorities said that acreage is expected to increase "dramatically".

Wildfires throughout the state have burned through tinder-dry brush and forest, forced thousands to evacuate homes and forced campers to pack up their tents at the height of summer. Gov.

The fire burning west of Redding, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) south of the OR state line, tripled in size overnight and then grew another 50 percent through the day to 45 square miles (115 square kilometers).

The Carr Fire is among 88 active large fires scorching the country and one of six large wildfires in California, the National Interagency Fire Center said.

Hundreds of miles to the south, winds were absent over the fire in Southern California's San Jacinto Mountains.

By 8:45 p.m., the fire had grown to 4,700 acres, according to the San Bernardino National Forest.

Firefighters are also battling other large blazes in the state.

"This fire is extremely risky and moving with no regard for what's in its path", he said.

The Cranston fire, which started last Wednesday, has burned down five homes and forced thousands of residents to leave their homes in the Idyllwild area. Residents located west of Trinity Mountain Road use evacuation center located at Weaverville Elementary School 31020 HWY 3 in Weaverville.

The closure through at least Sunday led to at least 1,000 campground and hotel bookings being canceled, park spokesman Scott Gediman said.

Officials emphasized that Yosemite wasn't in imminent danger from the fire, which grew to more than 67 square miles (173 square kilometres) in the adjacent Sierra National Forest. It's now reached 44,450 acres and is only three percent contained.

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